Patents Examined by Vivian Chen
  • Patent number: 12295098
    Abstract: A multilayer board includes laminates. Each of the laminates includes a liquid crystal polymer substrate and a metal layer. Each of the liquid crystal polymer substrates has a melting point. The number of the liquid crystal polymer substrates is an even number, they include first and second middle substrates that are located in the most middle position and respectively have first and second melting points that are substantially same. The first or second melting point is lowest among the melting points. The melting points increase in a direction away from the first and second middle substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: AZOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 12284981
    Abstract: A multilayer cover designed to protect a surface from pets includes a first layer constructed from a polyester material and a second layer coupled to the first layer. The second layer is fixed relative to the first layer. The first layer includes a first top surface having a natural charge and a hydrophilic finish. The natural charge configured to attract solid debris, and the hydrophilic finish configured to activate when contacted by a liquid in order to release the solid debris. The first layer also includes a first bottom surface positioned opposite to the first top surface. The second layer includes a second top surface disposed facing the first bottom surface. The second top surface includes a hydrophobic laminate. A second bottom surface is disposed opposite of the second top surface. The hydrophobic laminate is configured to block liquid from reaching the second bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Fabric LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Steven Meyers, Robin Joy Meyers
  • Patent number: 12280570
    Abstract: A laminate for forming a packaging bag including a substrate layer containing a crystalline polyester film, an adhesive layer, and a sealant layer containing the polyester film arranged in this order. The sealant layer has a ratio of a fracture elongation thereof to a thickness thereof which is 13%/um or less. The fracture elongation is a fracture elongation of the sealant layer as measured in a unit of 15 mm width thereof in an MD direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Haruna Kadoya, Shigeki Kudo
  • Patent number: 12240208
    Abstract: A biodegradable food service item is disclosed, which includes a biodegradable substrate having at least one food contact surface. This substrate is made of cellulosic fibers. The food service item also includes a coating applied over the at least one food contact surface. This coating is made up of from about 25 to about 60 weight percent of at least one biodegradable polymer, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates. A method for making the biodegradable food service item is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Danimer IPCo, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Van Trump, John Moore, Joe B. Grubbs, III, Karson Durie
  • Patent number: 12227629
    Abstract: What is provided is a heat-shrinkable film and a heat-shrinkable label that, when applied to a container in which the difference between the diameter of the body portion and the diameter of the mouth portion is large, sufficiently shrink in the mouth portion and do not easily allow the generation of a wrinkle or a sink mark in the mouth portion. The heat-shrinkable film contains polyester, a dicarboxylic acid component that constitutes the polyester contains 95 mol % or more of terephthalic acid, and a diol component that constitutes the polyester contains 50 mol % or more of ethylene glycol and 15 mol % or more of cyclohexanedimethanol. The shrinkage rate in the primary shrinkage direction when the heat-shrinkable film is immersed in hot water at 70° C. for 30 seconds is 20% or less, the shrinkage rate in the primary shrinkage direction when the heat-shrinkable film is immersed in hot water at 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: C.I. TAKIRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Kaneko, Masahiro Watanabe, Yuichiro Kanzaka, Shuuta Yuge
  • Patent number: 12226991
    Abstract: A vinyl fabric includes a polymeric film supported on a substrate. The polymeric film is provided from a composition that includes one or more chlorinated resins (particularly PVC), at least one polymeric plasticizer, large amounts of TiO2, and at least one antioxidant. The combination of the plasticizer, titania and antioxidant provides the film, and in turn the fabric, with improved resistance to discoloration, particularly pink staining as results from the presence of chromophores produced by Streptoverticillium reticulum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SURTECO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: William Ronald Bell, John R. Coulter, Marilyn Germano
  • Patent number: 12221522
    Abstract: A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Composite Technologies International, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Gleason, Sr.
  • Patent number: 12201172
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an eco-friendly wearable article comprising a nutrient complex capable of efficiently able to reduce or eliminate methane gas emission during biodegradation of the article, and a method of making the eco-friendly wearable article containing the nutrient complex. Preferably, the nutrient complex typically comprises anionic sulphate ions and cationic salts of iron(II) and copper(II), thereby facilitating methane oxidation in an anaerobic environment such as a landfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SHEN WEI (USA) INC.
    Inventors: Belle L. Chou, Sisitha Sudarshana, Ranthi Dias, Samantha S. Chang
  • Patent number: 12202179
    Abstract: The present application relates to a supercritical fluid injection foaming polylactide foam material and a preparation method therefor. The method includes: first obtaining a surface-modified cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution; then melting and blending the cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution and a polylactide twice; passing same through extrusion, cooling under water, and granulation so as to obtain a polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material; then plasticizing and melting the polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material in a microporous foaming injection molding machine; uniformly mixing same with a supercritical fluid foaming agent in the injection molding machine; injecting same into a mold cavity; and subjecting the resultant to post-treatment so as to obtain a polylactide foam material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Long Wang, Wenge Zheng, Qian Ren, Lihua Zhang, Minghui Wu, Fei Wu, Haibin Luo
  • Patent number: 12202234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exterior film of a building for protecting glass, which represents excellent weather resistance, impact resistance, and scratch resistance by a base layer combined with thermoplastic polyurethane and a functional coating layer, has self-healing ability, and can improve durability of glass by effectively blocking heat derived from ultraviolet and infrared rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: STEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsuk Lee, Inhwan Oh, Subin Park, Jinwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 12195584
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin includes a residue of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and a residue of a diol or an ester-forming derivative thereof, as main structural units, wherein the thermoplastic polyester resin has a hydroxy group concentration of 0.050 mmol/g or less. The use of such a thermoplastic polyester resin enables production of a molded article having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance, and a reduced dielectric loss tangent at a high frequency of 1 GHz or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Kohei Miyamoto, Makito Yokoe
  • Patent number: 12191522
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a film comprising porous, amorphous polybenzimidazole (PBI) and at least one filler for use as a separator in a lithium ion battery and a process for preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Vikas Kumar, Swaminathan Sivaram, Ver Avadhani Chilukuri
  • Patent number: 12187017
    Abstract: A biodegradable laminate includes: an aliphatic polyester-based resin layer; a bonding layer; and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer laminated on at least one surface of the aliphatic polyester-based resin layer with the bonding layer therebetween. The aliphatic polyester-based resin layer includes an aliphatic polyester-based resin composition containing an aliphatic polyester-based resin (A) including a repeating unit derived from an aliphatic diol and a repeating unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid as main constituent units, a polyhydroxyalkanoate (B) including a 3-hydroxybutyrate unit as a main constituent unit, and an inorganic filler (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mai Inagaki, Atsushi Kusuno, Kohei Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 12146080
    Abstract: Described herein are home compostable adhesives composed of a polyester. The adhesives described herein have widespread commercial applicability as a compostable alternative to current non-biodegradable adhesives such as, for example, pressure sensitive adhesives. In one aspect, the polyester includes a plurality of residues of a diol selected from the group consisting of 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, or a combination thereof; a plurality of residues of a first dicarboxylic consisting of succinic acid; a plurality of residues of a second dicarboxylic consisting of glutaric acid; and a plurality of residues of a sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jason John Locklin, Branson W. Ritchie, Evan Michael White, Ethan Jacob Stinchcomb
  • Patent number: 12134709
    Abstract: Coating compositions that may be used in combination with UV light for sterilization include a polyurethane component and nanoparticles having an average particle size of from about 30 nm to about 400 nm. The nanoparticles absorb light having a wavelength of from about 100 nm to about 290 nm, and are present in an amount of less than about 25 weight percent of total solids in the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Andrew Michael Zweig
  • Patent number: 12129348
    Abstract: A hard coating film comprising a base layer including: a polymer binder resin; first inorganic particles dispersed in the polymer binder resin and having an average particle size of 5 nm or more and less than 70 nm; and second inorganic particles which are dispersed in the polymer binder resin and have an average particle size of 70 nm to 150 nm is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Seok Byun, Byung Joon Chae, Jae Young Kim, Yeong Rae Chang, Yun U Shin
  • Patent number: 12122902
    Abstract: The use of a block copolymer of the following structure. Wherein R and R1 may be the same or different and each independently represents an alkyl or aryl group, X may be hydrogen or C1 to C20 alkyl group which may be branched or linear and wherein the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer B is positioned meta or para to the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer A and, wherein polymer A is a polymer (or copolymer) of ethylene and polymer B is a polymer of monomers selected from vinyl acetate, C1-C9 acrylate esters, acrylic acid and mixtures thereof as an additive in polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate to improve the adhesion between co-extruded layers of the polyethylene and the polyethylene terephthalate and laminated films derived from such use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: INTERFACE POLYMERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Kay, Peter Scott, Simon Waddington, Shaun Morris
  • Patent number: 12110200
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester film roll which has less wrinkles and film surface defects, exhibits no deviation of winding, and is suitable for secondary processing such as coating and vapor deposition. The polyester film roll is obtained by winding a biaxially oriented polyester film around a core, and is characterized by satisfying requirements (1)-(3) below: (1) the average winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll is in the range of 500-700; (2) the variation rate of the winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll in the film width direction is 1-5%; and (3) the variation rate of the average winding hardness from the surface of the polyester film roll to the core is 3-10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Manabe, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 12097688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer structure that has excellent gas barrier properties and an excellent peel strength between a base and a gas barrier layer after retorting, and that can retain a good appearance with no delamination even after retorting under stress. The present invention also provides packaging materials and products including such a multilayer structure. The present invention relates to a multilayer structure comprising a base (X), a layer (Z) stacked on the base (X), and a layer (Y) stacked on the layer (Z), the layer (Y) containing a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (A) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI), the layer (Z) containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (C) and a polyester resin (L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Kuzume, Ryoichi Sasaki, Yasushi Morihara
  • Patent number: 12091517
    Abstract: Compositions and films are described comprising a polylactic (PLA) polymer and a copolymer comprising a first moiety comprising a C12-C30 alkyl group and a second moiety that is miscible in the composition. Suitable first moieties include a C12-C30 alkyl (meth)acrylate or a polyvinyl alcohol comprising pendent C12-C30 alkyl groups. Suitable second moieties include C1-C10 (meth)acrylic acid or ester thereof, vinyl acetate and ethylene vinyl acetate. The aforementioned composition may be used to form a release layer of an adhesive article such as a pressure sensitive adhesive tape. The films may be a monolithic film or a film layer of a multilayer film. The release layer may be disposed upon a substrate layer that may also comprise PLA. The films are produced by melt extrusion of the aforementioned composition and may be oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William W. Merrill, Jeffrey P. Kalish, Jacob D. Young, Ramesh C. Kumar, Sonja S. Mackey, Kanta Kumar, Adam R. Wohl, David J. Kinning, Michael D. Crandall, Ignatius A. Kadoma